Category: Medicare

“United States would be almost as poor as Mexico today if growth was just one-percentage point less every year starting in 1895. That was just a hypothetical exercise. There are some very sobering real-world examples. For instance, Nima Sanandaji pointed …

Markets work! The dogma of healthcare “exceptionalism” which holds healthcare doesn’t respond to market forces is starting to take some serious hits. This data shows consumers/patients are capable of, and often make, (pre-planned) informed medical decisions when given meaningful information, …

The RFI goes on to explain the CMS vision of, “direct provider contracting (DPC), through which CMS would directly contract with Medicare providers.” Obviously this interpretation of “DPC” turns the true meaning of Direct Patient Care on its head. https://mailchi.mp/aapsonline/cms-dpc-model?e=7be491a5e2

by Robert Nelson, MD The assumptions on which our modern era healthcare third-party payer systems are based, including Medicaid/Medicare, ignore the economic disincentives that plague its continued use. It creates a wide-spread Public Choice Theory dilemma on the demand …

By Robert Nelson, MD Despite its own admission that Flu Vaccine is, at best, only 40 – 60% effective at reducing risk of Flu-like illness, the CDC repeatedly lists receiving the Flu vaccine as “step one” in prevention. This recommendation also acknowledges the …

“Notably absent from Sanders’ proposed single-payer system was a detailed plan to pay for it. The senator said he would lay out the tax hikes necessary to fund his new system in separate legislation. That may be because enthusiasm for …

Dr. Goodman’s article is a fantastic foray into the dark history organized medicine, culminating with a brutally honest assessment of the cartel that resulted. He gives a great preview of the good stuff in Greg Scandlen’s new book, Myth Busters: Why Health …

A big part of the problem, as Cato’s Tanner pointed out earlier this year is that “Americans want widely contradictory things from health-care reform. They want the highest-quality care for everyone, with no wait, from the doctor of their choice. …